Was Ibn Nusayr the door for the 10th or 11th Imaam?
Regarding Ibn Nusayr, yes, most of the sources mention him claiming to be the door of the 11th imaam, al-Hasan al-Asakeree. However, some sources, both ancient and modern, also mention that he claimed to be the baab of the hidden (non-existent) 12th imaam, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Askaree.[1]
It appears that he made his claims in regards to both of them since he was a contemporary of the 10th and 11th imaams and outlived them both.
However, in Mislamic Sects it is stated: "...Ibn Nusair, a notable of Basrah, who proclaimed himself the baab of the 10th Shi’ite Imaam, ‘Alee an-Naqee..."[2]
It is referenced to the Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam (p.455). I do not have access to this work but I understand that it is published by Brill and based on their larger Encyclopaedia of Islam which in its entry on Nusayriyya states: "Muhammad b. Nusayr al-Namiri was a supporter of the tenth Shiite imam Ali al-Hadi. He proclaimed the divine nature of the imam (who cursed him for this reason) and claimed for himself the status of a prophet; he professed metempsychosis (tanasukh) and antinomianism (ibaha)..."
His proclamation of the divine nature of the imam means that he claimed that the imam was divine and deserves deification, not that he claimed the divine nature of the imam for himself or that he was his baab.
So it seems that his claim to be the baab was in reference to the 11th and 12th imaam.
And Allah knows best.
References:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Nusayr
[2] Dr. B Philips, Mislamic Sects, p 3-7
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